072-111003 In the Old-Time Radio Corner - Meet Corliss Archer

NBC had a hit radio series with A Date With Judy (see show 52),
and CBS wanted a similar program. They found a series of
humorous stories about a precocious teenage girl in Good
Housekeeping magazine, and CBS adapted the stories for radio.

The result was Meet Corliss Archer, which aired from 1943 to
1956. The legendary Janet Waldo was Corliss, and 40 years
later she was still playing teenage girls, including Judy Jetson on
the TV series The Jetsons.

Corliss had a boyfriend, Dexter, played by Sam Edwards, a famous
character actor who many years later played the banker on Little
House on the Prairie.

The radio series was so popular that it spawned a book, a comic
book, a Broadway play, and a television series.

This episode of Meet Corliss Archer, Rival Boyfriend, originally
aired on June 23, 1946.

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